Stove-lid lifter.



A. W. DEANE.

STOVE LID LIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I6. 1914.

R-W. Deane.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

ALBERT WALLACE DEANE, 0F JULIET, ILLINOIS.

STOVE-LID LIFTER.

Application filed May 16, 1914;.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT N. DEANE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Joliet, in the county of I ill and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Stove-Lid Lifters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in stove lid lifters and has forits primary object to provide a lifter by means of which a lid may belifted with ease and rapidity and prevented slipping relative to thelifter.

Another and more specific object is to provide novel means to grip thetop of the stove lid in such manner that the falling thereof relative tothe lifter is prevented and a person permitted to remove the stove lidwith much more case and rapidity than is the case with the ordinarystove lifter.

Another object of importance is to provide a lifter of thecharacterrdescribed that is simple as to construction, reliable andeiiicient in operation and inexpensive to manufacture.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the followingspecification and then more particularly pointed out as claimed.

With reference to the drawings, wherein I have illustrated the preferredembodiment of my invention as it is reduced to practice, and throughoutthe several views of which similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts: Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved lidlifter showing the same operatively connected with the lid and the lidin section, Fig. 2 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view takenthrough the handles of my lid lifter showing the means for normallyholding the handles in spaced relation to each other, and Fig. 3 is adetail perspective view of the clamping bar.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference the numerals 1 and2 designate handles formed of some suitable metal and being offsetadjacent certain ends so as to be spaced from each other for a purposeto be later more fully described.

A pivot pin 3 is inserted through ears 4 on the handle 1 and ears 5 onthe handle 2. These ears are arranged intermediate the ends of thehandles and engage one another, the ears 5 engaging the inner faces ofthe ears 3. Formed on the end of the handle 1 farthest removed from theofiset portion there- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.-

Serial No. 838,977.

of is an angularly disposed lifting lug 6 that is arranged to extendwithin't-he ordinary type of recess 7 formed in the upper face of thestove lid 8.

Pivoted intermediate its ends as at 9 to cars 10 formed on the oppositesides of the handle 1 adjacent to the lug 6 is a clamping bar 11arranged with its forward end 12 eX- tended beyond the ing 6 so as to bemoved lIltO clamping engagement with the upper face of the stove lid 8.The inner end 13 of the bar 11 is loosely mounted within a slot 1 1formed in an enlarged head 15 that is disposed at the inner end of thehandle 2. It will be readily seen that when the handle 2 is moved towardthe handle 1 and the slotted head 15 moved upwardly, the end portion 12of the bar 11 will be brought into clamping or bearing engagementwiththe upper face of the'lid and the lid-held against slipping orderangement relative to the lug 6.

A recess 16 is formed in the under face of the handle 2 adjacent to thepivot point thereof to permit the mounting of a leaf spring 17 betweenthe handles 1 and 2. The leaf spring 17 is operatively connected withthe pivot pin 3 and bent into an approximate U-shape so that its armportions engage the handles 1 and 2 and serve to hold them normally inspaced relation to each other at their offset ends as shown in Figs. 1and 2 in the drawings. When the handles are held in spaced relation toeach other at their outer ends, the end portion 12 of the clamping bar11 is so positioned that the lug 6 may be readily inserted within therecess 7 in the stove lid 8. The handles 1 and 2 at their offsetportions are preferably formed with a number of openings so as toeliminate the retention of heat within the lifter, and provide a lightdevice. To lift a lid it is only necessary to force the lug 6 into therecess 7 in the lid and by then grasping and forcing the handle portion2 toward the one 1 at its offset end the clamping bar 11 is brought intohearing or clamping engagement with the lid and the lid is securely heldin position so that it may be lifted in a reliable and expeditiousmanner and as easily positioned uponrthe stove.

The bar 11 is curved slightly and provided with an offset earintermediate its ends which is pivoted between the ears 10. The bar 11extends for a distance equivalent to approximately half its lengthbeyond and above the lug 6 and has its convex my .invention, illustratedin the drawings andreferred to in the-above description, asthG'PTGfQIlGdi6111b0Cl1Il18Il 0, IS the most eflicient and practical;yetrealizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of mydevice willnecessarily vary, I desire to emphasize the fact that variousminor changes in details of construction proporf tion and arrangement ofparts may be resorted to, when required, without sacrificing any of.theadvantages of my invention, as set forth. V

What is claimed is: A. stove lid liftercomprising, a stationaryhandlemember having one end provided with a lifting lug, a second-handledisposed above the first-mentioned handle andpivoted theretointermediate its'endsqand at a point'beyond the lifting lug. and havingone end bifurcated, the fingers of the bifurcation extending inparallelism and coextensive with each other, cars formed on thestationary handle and located at the point of juncture between thehandle and the lifting lug; an arcuate shaped clamping memberoverlyingthe lifting lug on the stationary handle and having one end projectingbeyond the free end of the lifting lug and its opposite end overlyingthe stationary handle and reduced and located between the fingers oi thebifurcated endof the pivoted handle, ears depending from the arcuateshaped clamping member and located adjacent thereduced end andpositioned between and pivoted to the ears on the stationary handle, anda spring interposed between the pivoted and stationary handles andlocated to one side or" the pivotal connection be tween the handlestoeflect normal depression of the bifurcated end of the pivoted handleso as to normally hold the clamping member in unclamping position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT TVALLAGE DEANE.

Witnesses JOHN H. ami, JOHN FINNEY.

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